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TIL That Chiropractic was invented by a Canadian in 1895 named D.D. Palmer who believed that a doctor who died 50 years prior gave him the knowledge of this practice during a spiritualist camp.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 07:04AM by T-man696
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TIL Japan's real name as it's called in the Japanese word "Nihon" (日本) literally translates as: The "Land of the Rising Sun"/"The Origin of the Sun". This name was apparently given because the sun rose over Japan from China's POV. The English word "Japan" comes from a different early Mandarin word.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 06:07AM by jonas_ML
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TIL that in Colombia, some people still believe that if a person is bitten by a lantern fly, they will die unless they have sex within 24 hours
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 07:18AM by Spiritual_Quote5
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TIL that there was human species called Homo Floresiensis, that were very small - only 1.1 m (3 f 7in) in heights
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 10:11AM by zhagata
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TIL In the 20th century there was a female gang called the Forty Elephants.Due to conventional ideas of femininity that women were weaker than men,courts believed it impossible women were orchestrators of crime.Most women were assumed to have played supporting roles and received lesser sentences.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 11:25AM by montfree
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TIL in the movie Arachnophobia, the largest spider was a bird-eating spider they named Big Bob, after Robert Zemekis. Big Bob was adopted by a crew member named Jamie Hyneman, who went on to host Mythbusters. The little ones were controlled using a hairdryer and lemon pledge spray.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 03:16PM by hungryturtle84
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TIL that The Netherlands doesn't use sand for their trains, but a mixture called Sandite, it's a gel consisting of sand, anti-freeze, and steel shot. Often dispensed by the first passenger trains of the day to combat leaf slipperyness.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 12:31PM by Coffee2Code
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TIL that the motto or brand 'Parabellum' used by firearms and ammunition comes from the Latin phrase "Si vis pacem, para bellum", which means "If you desire peace, prepare for war".
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 03:38PM by arcedup
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TIL that Oscar Wilde's tomb was literally destroyed by kisses. Traditionally, visitors to the tomb would kiss it after applying lipstick, which caused it to weaken over time as cleaning operations to remove the lipstick grease caused the stone to become more porous.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 05:04PM by putrid_barber_20
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TIL that the first flight attendant in the world, Heinrich Kubis, started working as a waiter on a zeppelin in 1912, was on board during the Hindenburg disaster, and survived.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 06:38PM by fruskydekke
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TIL that Humans and the Tree Shrew are the only known mammals that like spicy food.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 07:16PM by Corndogeveryday
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TIL: Some solid chemicals can absorb so much air moisture that they dissolve in it. This is called deliquescence.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 04:33PM by Hrtzy
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TIL that Frank Goldsmith, a survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster, ended up living near a baseball stadium in Detroit. He hated game days, because the sound of the cheering crowd reminded him of the screaming people in the water during the sinking.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 08:55PM by JimPalamo
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TIL during the WW2 there were a secret hospital for 120 partisans in Slovenia, hidden in the forest behind a torrent, that remained secret for over 2 years that, despite fervent attempts by enemy forces-Nazi, it was never discovered. Now it’s a museum candidate to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 08:52PM by giuliomagnifico
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TIL Pope John Paul II considered naming Isidore of Seville (560-636 AD) as patron saint of the Internet. In his twenty-book opus, he sought to set out the origins of as many things as he could, from Church history to road building and language. He also invented the full stop, comma and colon.
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Submitted July 24, 2022 at 11:11PM by palimugre
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